Cyril Smith (actor)

Cyril Edward Bruce-Smith (4 April 1892 – 5 March 1963) was a Scottish actor who began his career as a child in the 1900s and went on to appear in over 100 films between 1914 and his death almost 50 years later.

Career

Smith first became known as a child stage actor in 1900, and by the age of 13 travelled to New York to appear in a production of the J. M. Barrie play Alice-Sit-By-The Fire, with the New York Times referring to him as "one of the best-known child actors in England". Smith's film career began in 1914 in the Wilfred Noy-directed Old St. Paul's and he appeared in almost 20 other silent films of the 1910s and 1920s before making the transition to sound. From the early 1930s until his death, he featured in dozens of films ranging from the quota quickies of the 1930s and the B-movies of the 1940s and 1950s, through to more prestigious productions starring names such as Vivien Leigh, Trevor Howard, and Deborah Kerr. Smith was not a name-billed film actor, and many of his roles were uncredited bit parts or minor roles with generic titles such as "Publican", "Reporter", or "Bailiff"; however towards the end of his life he achieved several more prominent billings after finding a late-career niche portraying scatty and doddery elderly men. For instance, in 1956, he had a leading role in the Peggy Mount comedy, Sailor Beware!. Smith also moved into television, starring as Merlin in the 1956 ITV series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot which was also a success in the U.S. and as Harold Wormold in the first series of the BBCsitcomHugh and I in 1962.

Cyril Smith (actor)

Cyril Edward Bruce-Smith (4 April 1892 – 5 March 1963) was a Scottish actor who began his career as a child in the 1900s and went on to appear in over 100 films between 1914 and his death almost 50 years later.

Career

Smith first became known as a child stage actor in 1900, and by the age of 13 travelled to New York to appear in a production of the J. M. Barrie play Alice-Sit-By-The Fire, with the New York Times referring to him as "one of the best-known child actors in England". Smith's film career began in 1914 in the Wilfred Noy-directed Old St. Paul's and he appeared in almost 20 other silent films of the 1910s and 1920s before making the transition to sound. From the early 1930s until his death, he featured in dozens of films ranging from the quota quickies of the 1930s and the B-movies of the 1940s and 1950s, through to more prestigious productions starring names such as Vivien Leigh, Trevor Howard, and Deborah Kerr. Smith was not a name-billed film actor, and many of his roles were uncredited bit parts or minor roles with generic titles such as "Publican", "Reporter", or "Bailiff"; however towards the end of his life he achieved several more prominent billings after finding a late-career niche portraying scatty and doddery elderly men. For instance, in 1956, he had a leading role in the Peggy Mount comedy, Sailor Beware!. Smith also moved into television, starring as Merlin in the 1956 ITV series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot which was also a success in the U.S. and as Harold Wormold in the first series of the BBCsitcomHugh and I in 1962.

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It relates to how much he knew about the behaviour of his long-time colleague Sir CyrilSmith's now well-documented abusive behaviour towards young people in Rochdale. There are still many unanswered questions about Smith's murky behaviour. Why did Smith not sue when an underground ......

Those who blame him for not doing enough about CyrilSmith are setting a high bar which many would find difficulty in clearing. Long before the Private Eye reports in 1979, Smith had been investigated by police and no action taken ... Politician CyrilSmith did abuse boys, police say....

Sadly, it is now official. Harry and Meghan are formally to separate their Kensington households and offices from William and Kate’s ... + The Lib Dems have suspended Lord Steel after he admitted serial paedophile MP CyrilSmith confessed his crimes to him in 1979, yet he took no action, leaving Smith to go on to abuse more children ... ....

Not that the Lib Dems need to get embroiled in any more allegations of sex abuse cover-ups, but the suspension of Lord Steel from the party over claims he was involved in burying accusations abuse against Sir CyrilSmith is a sad but inevitable consequence of the need not just ......

David Steel (pictured above) said sexual predator CyrillSmith had confessed to him but admitted that he had taken no action. Lord Steel has been suspended by the Liberal Democrats after admitting he knew about the crimes of serial paedophile MP CyrilSmith....

Lord Steel has sought to “clarify” evidence he gave to an inquiry about child abuse allegations against former MP Sir CyrilSmith... She spoke after Lord Steel denied he had been “hiding his head in the sand” over accusations made against former Rochdale MP Smith ... Lord Steel recalled Smith had told him police had investigated and taken no action....

Ken Clarke has denied Tory whips buried allegations of child abuse by colleagues in exchange for political loyalty in the 1970s... He said ... If I had come across someone sexually molesting children I would have remembered it ... “There were rumours about two or three members [but] – with the exception of CyrilSmith – none of which I would have believed.” ... ....